Shade holder



Feb. 20, '1923.

1,446,088 H. HENKEL ET AL SHADE HOLDER Filed Feb. 27, 1922 4 Patented Feb, so, 1923;

I areas HUGO HENKEL nun HENRY s'rnnnrrznn, "or staircase; mitators. 1

i SHADE HOLDER. 3

Application filed February 27, 1922. ar 1m. s39,375; i

To all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that we, Hueo Hi-isiirnn and HENRY STERNITZKE: citizens "of the United States and residents of Chicago, in the ,county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain'new and useful Improve: t

lowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved shade holder and has special reference to improved means for retaining a shade in a holder. 7 1

The object of ourinvention is toprovide a shade holder-in which a shade can be readily and easily iounted; which shall not depend upon screws for holding the shade in place;

ments in a Shade Holder, of which the fol and from whichthe shade can befreely, easily and quickly removed when desired;

A. feature of importance resides In the provision of yielding supports for the-shade and a pivoted shade engaging latch, the parts belng of simple and cheap construction and readily assembled'with the holder rm j ur invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and in which t Figure 1 is a top plan view of a shade holder constructed in accordance with our invention; t

Figure 2 is a vertical central sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing a fragmentary section of a shade held in the holder. v

Figure 3 is a horizontal section onthe line 3-3 of Figure 2; 1

Figure 5 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2. In said drawings 1 illustrates our improved holder having a main body portion; I

outwardly. The inner end 16 of, the latch member is inclinedinwardly when in shade made of a single piece of sheet metal formed into an outer depending ring 2 for receiving the base 3 of a shade 4, an inner ring 5 having radial lugs 6 adapting the holder to be clamped upon a support such as an in-' and is secured at; its

Figure-4 is aside elevation of theholder I r and of the end 21 above the ring 2 at its connection with the 10 and we arrange shade sup-ports within the outer ormarginallring2; adapted teem gage'the shade belowitsenlarged upper end.

These shade supports 1 comprise a fiat 12 at the other I side.

ring,2,by a rivet 13. I I p I of"greatercurv'aturethan the base of the shade asindicated in dotted lines in Figure 3 and its two ends 14: contact with theshadeat circumfe-rentially I spaced points below the The Sp-ring w j curved I out, base of theshade.

lies entirelynw' ithin the ring 2 out sf sight; oked member made of sheet metal having a hooked lower endl5adapte'd to extend around-"t'helower' edge ofxthefring 2, the inner free} end- 16 p I. .i gage the base of the shade at a -pointy sub on the line of the uppert'edgej of the spring 11:. The latch is pivotally mounted on the holder by means of twobent' vThe latch 12 comprisesa ho rising within the ring 2 "and adaptedjt'o ens stantially lugs or projections 17' which are adapted to so' project through slots 18 in the ring 2. Each 7 of the projections 17 is perforated "at its prevent the pin working out. The outer end 21 of the latch, member rises above the projections 17 and is bent inwardly so that when the latch is in shade supportingposition as shown in Figure 2, the upper end 21 of the latch oontacts with the upper edge of the ring 2.

of the latch member rises web portion 7 so that it canbe readily'en- The extreme upper end 22'. 1'

inner end to receive a retaining pin 19. Y c I The pin is projected through both the'pere supporting-position and isadaptedtobe 1 swung to vertlcal position and'close, o: the

inner surface ofthe' ring2 when it is "desired to release the shade. v p p e To. insert a shadein the holder it is merely necessary to grasp the shade, inserting vone edge of the base into the ring 2 against towardthe ring 2 so that the opposite edge of the shade can'be readily raised into the "will force the ends l l of the springlback spring 111 at one side anda latch member v The spring llis fiat Y middle pointi to "the,

This spring-is made 2. inch action to swing: the in ner end i. of the hitch outwardly and the adjacent edge oi the base ot the shade readily passes above the i iinei' end of the latch. i The Weight of the inner end of thelet h tends to tip the latch to lewer its inner end to the position shown in Figure 2 as soon as the base Off the shade has passed the latch and thus the latch automatically locks the shade in place, The outer end 2i. being bent in Werdiy this onistic dropping ot the latch. Ll U blJQ inner end 16 of the latch is curved slightly i103.-

ntelly as shown at 23 to best enenge the snnde These.

To remove the shade ironi the holderit is merely necessary to pu the outer upper end the latch 0 W21 y thus ll ting and c-i dlythe inner end 16 and e of the shade not tree to l be pushed lnter- "Iii sidewise pressure, thus toreie 11 so that the edge 0 t the- Shade will "freely pass the res latch.

it will now he understood that our holder is very simple in its construction, that it can be made very cheaply and that shedes can he.

its many modifications of our invention' wi l readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, we do not invention to the specific details of construction herein shown and described.

,iVe claim:

shade holder of the kind described, a. supporting ring adapted to encircle the base of a shade, :1 tiet spring member secured in the ring at is middle point, its free ends terniing two separated supports for the shade, a latch comprising hook adapted to encircle the lower edge of the ring, bent proiection on the hook adapted to extend throi i slots in the ring, means for holding the projections in the slots,the outer end of the latch forming a finger hold for swingthe latch to release the shade.

igned at Chicago, Illinois, this 23rd of February, 1922.

HUGO HENKEL. HENRY STERNITZKE.

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